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- 15 Jun 2016
'Orange Money' Allows Funds Transfer From France to Three African Countries
Orange Money, a money transfer service offered by Orange mobile to its subscribers will now allow transfers from France to customers in Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, and within Metropolitan France.…
- 18 Jun 2012
Orange Money Hits 4m Customers Mark, Launches in Jordan & Mauritius
Orange Money has reached the threshold of 4 million customers in Africa and the Middle East and celebrates its commercial launch in Jordan and Mauritius. These two additional countries mean that the…
- 21 Jun 2016
Aleda Declares Intent to Simplify Orange Money Service in Africa
Aleda, a French company specialising in paperless payment solutions and money transfers, has established itself as a key player in the sector with the recent launch of Orange Money. The Orange Money…
- 11 Feb 2015
Orange Launches Mobile Money Transfers for Ecobank Customers
Orange and pan-African banking group Ecobank have rolled out a service that will enable Orange Money subscribers who also have bank accounts with Ecobank to transfer money between their…
- 12 Jul 2013
Orange Launches First Mobile-to-Mobile Money Transfers
Orange has launched a quick and easy international money transfer service at a competitive price called "Orange Money International Transfer", between Mali, Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire. Every year, 200…
- 14 Mar 2015
Orange, Airtel To Enable Côte d’Ivoire & Burkina Faso Int’l Money Transfers
On Friday, customers of Orange Money in Côte d’Ivoire started using their mobile phones to send money to customers of Airtel Money in Burkina Faso, and vice versa. This partnership between Orange and…
- 23 Nov 2018
MTN, Orange Launch Mobile Money Interoperability to Scale up Mobile Financial Services
Two of Africa’s largest mobile operators and mobile money providers, Orange Group and MTN Group, have announced a joint venture, Mowali (mobile wallet interoperability), to enable interoperable…
- 21 Mar 2016
Orange, Ecobank Launch Bank-To-Wallet Money Transfer
This partnership, which is already operational in Mali since January 2015 and in Cameroun since August 2015, facilitates money transfers for both Ecobank and Orange customers by allowing them to…
- 13 Sept 2016
Orange Accelerates Mobile Financial Services in Africa with CECOM Launch
With the recent receipt of Electronic Money Establishment licenses (EME) in four countries (Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea), Orange has further strengthened its position as a major player in…
- 11 Sept 2015
Orange Launches Africa's first Mobile Crowdfunding Platform
Mobile operator Orange, which has operations in 16 African countries, has partnered with French charity crowdfunding platform HelloAsso to launch what it says is Africa's first mobile crowdfunding…
- 29 Jul 2016
Orange Outlines Vision for Smart Metering, Solar Power, Others for MEA
Bruno Mettling, CEO of Orange Middle East and Africa (MEA), Jean-Marc Vignolles, Chief Operating Officer for Orange MEA and Ramon Fernandez, Deputy CEO and Chief Finance and Strategy Officer,…
- 26 Feb 2019
Orange launches Phone which Democratises Access to Internet in Africa
Orange partners with KaiOS Technologies and UNISOC to launch a phone with voice recognition at $US 20 in 16 countries in Africa and the Middle-East : Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central Africa…
- 29 Sept 2020
Orange, Google Launch Sanza Touch 4G Device
Affordability of devices remains one of the most significant barriers to smartphone adoption in Africa. The average cost of an entry level smartphone in Africa still exceeds 60% of average monthly…
- 13 Nov 2019
Orange, itel Launch 4G Version of Sanza to Generalise Mobile Internet Access in Africa
Orange is partnering with itel, the leading mobile brand in Africa and, once again, with KaiOS Technologies, maker of the leading operating system for smart feature phone KaiOS, to launch a new 4G…
- 16 Apr 2015
World Bank Says 700m Adults Opened Bank Account in 3 Years
The 2014 (World Bank’s) Global Findex Database measuring Financial Inclusion around the world reveals significant progress in expanding financial access, with 700 million adults worldwide became…
- 13 Jul 2022
IFC, Orange Bank Africa Partner to Support Digital Finance Services in West Africa
To support the growth of digital finance services in West Africa, IFC announced a partnership with Orange Bank Africa (OBA) to increase access to finance for agents and merchants operating in the…
- 9 Jan 2020
Orange Strengthens its Presence in Africa
Orange officially inaugurates the Orange Middle East and Africa operational head office in Morocco in the presence of Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of Orange; Alioune Ndiaye, CEO Orange Middle…
- 16 Nov 2018
CBN Asks Telcos to Pay N5Bn for Mobile Money Licenses
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has asked telecommunications companies that intend to deepen financial inclusion in the country through mobile money services to make a minimum capital deposit of N5bn.…
- 8 Dec 2021
Flutterwave, 4DX Ventures Co-invest in Francophone Africa Payments Processor CinetPay
CinetPay, a digital finance platform that enables merchants in Francophone Africa to seamlessly accept and make payments, has announced a $2.4 million seed fundraising round from 4DX Ventures and…
- 26 Feb 2014
Telcos Unveil Pragmatic Innovation at MWC
While the headlines at MWC are still reverberating with the Facebook/WhatsApp deal and the slew of connected devices announcements, “an undercurrent of pragmatic innovation is occurring away from the…
- 15 Nov 2018
Paga, Orange Mall Ink Exclusive Partnership to Make Online Shopping Easier
Paga, the leading mobile money company in Nigeria announced that it has signed on as the exclusive payment partner to Orange Mall, an e-commerce solution making global shopping from over 250…
- 22 Jul 2024
How Platforms and Payments are Driving Commerce in Africa
Is cash still king? Perhaps, but the acceptance and use of digital channels across Africa are rapidly increasing, experiencing their highest adoption rate in history. Currently, Africa is one of the…
- 22 Jun 2016
Orange Acquires Airtel Burkina Faso
Orange announced on Wednesday that, together with its subsidiary Orange Côte d’Ivoire, it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel in Burkina Faso. Since the signature of…
- 26 Oct 2015
AJEAST Nigeria Heads to Abuja
AJEAST Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of AJE Group worldwide, has recorded another feat. The producer of Big Cola, Orange and Lemon has expanded its business tentacles to Abuja and other northern part…
- 25 Oct 2015
AJEAST Nigeria Expands its Tentacles to Enugu
AJEAST Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of AJE Group worldwide, has recorded another feat. The producer of Big Cola, Orange and Lemon has expanded its business tentacles to Enugu and other eastern part…
- 28 Nov 2018
MTN Executives to Resign as Telco Battles FG Fines
There are strong indications that some executives of MTN Group will exit the telecom firm in the next few months as the company battles to resolve its issues with the Nigerian government over the…
- 21 Jan 2016
MTN, Another Firm Fined $160m for Tax Evasion
The local units of mobile telecom companies, MTN and Orange in Cameroon, have been fined over $160 million for failing to pay taxes on games and gambling services, the Central African nation's…
- 26 Jul 2019
WorldRemit Launches New Mobile-To- Mobile Digital Payment Service in Africa
WorldRemit users can now make instant, low-cost international mobile money transfers to 15 million accounts in Guinea, Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, and Niger. Digital money transfer…
- 2 Jan 2019
Ecobank Chooses MFS Africa as Digital Payment Partner
Ecobank chooses MFS Africa as digital payment partner – Ecobank recently announced the appointment of MFS Africa as their Digital payment partner enabling cross-platform payment services for Ecobank…
- 13 Dec 2018
Ecobank Appoints MFS Africa as Digital Payment Partner
Ecobank, the Pan-African bank has announced today the appointment of MFS Africa as Digital payment partner enabling cross-platform payment services for Ecobank account holders. The partnership allows…